Speed Up Your Hard Disk Performance In Vista By Enabling Write Caching
You can increase the performance of your computers SATA hard drives by enabling Write Caching.
What is Write caching you ask.
When write caching is enabled, when the system sends a write to the hard disk, the logic circuit records the write in its much faster cache, and then immediately sends back an acknowledgement to the [...]
Delete Your Recently Viewed Items In Vista
In Windows Vista all your Recently viewed documents and programs are visible from the Start menu > Recent Items. You may like the convenience of having the most recently opened files at the ready, but if you share your computer with others or if its in a public place you may not want others [...]
Add Items To Your SendTo Menu In Vista
In Xp it was easy to add items to your SendTo menu, but if you try to navigate to your Documents and settings folder in Vista you will get the dreaded error.
The correct path is to use is. C:UsersUsernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo. Username will be your actual username
So here’s how to add a folder to your SendTo [...]
Changing Windows Default Boot Order
If you are dual booting Windows XP and Vista you know that Vista is the default operating system, however you can easily change that so XP will always start first. Here’s how.
Click the Start Orb and start typing system in the search box.
Select System from the results under Programs.
Click Advanced system settings.
Approve the UAC if [...]
Remote Differential Compression And Your Vista Network
There’s been a lot of talk on the net lately about Vista and Remote Differential Compression slowing down file transfers. So I decided to give it a test.
Remote Differential Compression (RDC) allows data to be synchronized with a remote source using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network. (From Microsoft)
I [...]
Speed up Vista By Adjusting Its Visual Effects
Windows Vista sure looks pretty with all its Eye Candy turned on. But unless you have a powerful system you will notice a marked improvement in speed if you turn off some or all of the visual effects. Here’s how to adjust the Visual Settings.
Click the Start Orb.
Type sysdm.cpl in the search box.
Right [...]
Turn Off Vista’s File Deletion Prompts
If you still have Vista’s UAC (user account control) turned on and try to delete a file you will get 2 pop-up boxes to click thru. A delete file confirmation box and a UAC prompt.
To keep the UAC prompt but eliminate the file delete confirmation box, right click the Recycle Bin, select Properties, uncheck Display [...]
